Attaching means for buttons.



H. ROSENTHAL.

ATTAGHING MEANS FOR BUTTONS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1909.

Patented Aug. 23, 191.0.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN ROSEN'IHAL, OIE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ATTACHING MEANS FOR BUTTONS.

T 0 all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, HERMAN RosEN'rHAL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attaching Means for Buttons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numbers of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

On many garments or articles of apparel it is desirable to provide buttons adapted to be quickly and easily detached from the garment without injury either to the button or garment, thereby permitting one set of buttons to be used for several garments and avoiding the necessity of subjecting the buttons to injury when cleaning or laundrying the garment.

The size of buttons attached by means of said devices may vary through a wide range, for instance, butchers use large but tons having thick eyes on their meat coats while 011 fancy vests neater buttons are used having small eyes. I-Ieretofore all attaching devices of this class have only been capable of receiving buttons having the same size eye necessitating a special sized attaching device for the different sizes of buttons. This obviously is objectionable for when purchasing the same in order to insure that the proper sized attaching devices be secured it is necessary to have a sample button in order to try the same. Also where a different set of attaching devices is necessary for different sized buttons it necessitates maximum expense to the user.

Button attaching devices as heretofore constructed have been of two kinds, one in which the ends are spread apart for the easy insertion of the button and the other style in which the ends are overlapped or otherwise joined. The attaching devices of the first named style are objectionable inasmuch as they can become accidentally detached while the other style of devices necessitates the use of a tool in attaching the buttons which is objectionable and for this reason the former style of attaching devices have gone into more extensive use.

It is an object of this invention to provide an attaching device in which the ends meet so as to preclude the possibility of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 20, 1909.

Patented Aug. as, 1910. Serial No. 497,346.

receive buttons in which the thickness of the eyes vary, adapting one set of attaching devices being used for several diiferent sizes of buttons.

It is further an object of this invention to provide an attaching device which is held approximately centralized for the buttons of various sizes and which positively precludes any accidental separation of the device from the button.

It is further an object of this invention to provide a button attaching device which is cheap to manufacture,'strong and durable and highly eflicient for the purposes for which intended.

The invention relates to the matters hereinafter described and more fully pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view of a device embodying my invention showing the method of attachment. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the eye of a button placed at the snap hook in the act of attaching. Fig. 3 shows the device after the eye has been inserted at the hook and before being centralized. Fig. 4 is a view showing a plurality-of eyes of different sizes attached thereto. Fig. 5 is a view of a modified device having a perforating end.

As shown in said drawings: 1, indicates a button provided with an eye 2, which is attached to the garment 3 (a fragmentary section of which is shown) by means of an attaching device embodying my invention. Said attaching device is made out of wire and comprises a curved end 4:, shaped to provide a hook with its extremity 5, beveled or inclined, from which the wire extends straight forming a back 6, at the end of which the wire is curved forwardly forming a spring 18, and provided with an inward loop 7 at one end lying close to the back. From the opposite end of the loop 7, the wire is looped outwardly to provide a plurality of loops 8 and 9, after each of which the wire is looped or curved inwardly to provide a plurality of rounded retaining shoulders 1l12. The distance between each retaining shoulder and the back increases in the direction of the hooked end 4, and the end of the wire from the outer retaining shoulder 12, inclines outwardly to provide a snap hook 13, the extremity 14, of which is beveled to engage the beveled extremity 5, of the hook end 4.

The attaching device shown in Fig. 5, is similar'in all respects to that described with the exception that the end 15, opposite the hook is sharpened to perforate the fabric to permit insertion of the eye of the button in case a button hole is not provided in the garment.

The operation is as follows: When it is desired to attach a button to a garment, the eye of the button is inserted through the button hole and the snap hook engaged at the eye, as shown in Fig. 2. Slight pressure exerted -on the attaching device forces the snap hook open and permits the eye to pass on the hook 4, after which the snap hook returns to closed position.

If the button is small with a small eye the eye being thin will pass the retaining shoulder 12, without contacting the same, but when encountering the shoulder 11, will spring the shoulder outwardly sufliciently to permit the eye to pass and engage in the end loop 8. The device in this position is approximately centralized and cannot be removed except by exerting sufficient pressure to spring the shoulder 11, outwardly, which is not likely to occur except when the button is intentionally detached.

If a large button, 6. g. a button used ona butchers coat is desired to be attached, the same sized attaching device is used and in this instance the eye 17, (which is considerably thicker than the eye 16) is inserted on the snap hook, as before described, and adjusted into the first loop 9, springing the shoulder 12, sufficiently to permit the same to pass and the eye is held in said loop by the retaining shoulders 11 and 12.

Any number of loops may be provided and therefore the device is adapted to receive buttons with eyes of a number of sizes and in each instance the eye is slipped along the back until it is inserted in the proper loop. It is thus seen that the application of the attaching device is universal and the necessity for making many sets of different sized devices is obviated. Furthermore, the buttons may be very quickly and easily attached and in detaching it is simply necessary to press the end 13, of the snap hook inwardly and slide the eye oif the hook.

Owing to the construction each retaining shoulder is permitted to spring slightly or enough for the proper sized button to pass, but a retaining shoulder for a small loop cannot spring enough to permit a large eye to pass. The construction thereby insures that each eye will fit in the proper loop and be firmly maintained therein.

Many changes of the construction may be made and I therefore do not desire to limit this application for patent otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

In a device of the class described a wire formed to provide a back member and a plurality of loops opposite thereto and spaced varying distances therefrom whereby each loop is appropriate to a different sized button shank, and a snap hook provided at the end of the attaching device adjacent the largest loop.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN ROSENTHAL.

\Vitnesses:

K. E. HANNAH, LAW'RENCE REIBsTEN. 

